Stock Trader's Almanac 2003

by Hirsch, Yale; Hirsch, Jeffrey A.

• ISBN13: 9781889223032
• ISBN10: 1889223034
• Edition: 36th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Hirsch Organization

Table of Contents

2003 Strategy Calendar	8	(2)
Prognosticating Tools And Patterns For 2003	10	(2)
January Almanac	12	(2)
January's First Five Days An ``Early Warning'' System	14	(2)
The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972) Only Four Significant Errors In 52 Years	16	(2)
January Barometer In Graphic Form Since 1950	18	(2)
February Almanac	20	(2)
Hot January Industries Beat S&P 500 Next 11 Months	22	(2)
1933 ``Lame Duck'' Amendment Reason January Barometer Works	24	(2)
The Third Year Of Decades	26	(2)
March Almanac	28	(2)
Market Charts Of Pre-Presidential Election Years	30	(2)
Profit On Day Before St. Patrick's Day	32	(2)
Hubris: Pride Cometh Before The Fall (In Stock Price)	34	(2)
Eight Days A Month Now Outperform Rest Of Month Eight To One	36	(2)
April Almanac	38	(2)
Add The December Low Indicator To Your Prognosticating Arsenal	40	(2)
Pre-Presidential Election Years: No Losers in 64 Years	42	(2)
Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record	44	(2)
May Almanac	46	(2)
Top Performing Months Past 52 1/2 Years S&P 500 & Dow Industrials	48	(2)
Our ``Best Six Months'' Discovery (In 1986) Continues to Rack Up Phenomenal Gains	50	(2)
``Best Six Months'' Record Skyrockets With A Simple Market-Timing Indicator	52	(2)
June Almanac	54	(2)
Top Performing NASDAQ Months Past 31 1/2 Years	56	(2)
NASDAQ's ``Best Six Months Strategy Beats Dow ``Best Eight'' Even Better, ``Worst Four A Bust	58	(2)
NASDAQ's ``Best Eight Months'' Shoot The Moon With A Simple MACD Timing Indicator	60	(2)
First-Trading-Day-Of-The-Month Phenomenon	62	(2)
July Almanac	64	(2)
2001 Daily Dow Point Changes	66	(2)
Take Advantage Of Down Friday/Down Monday Warning	68	(2)
A Rally For All Seasons	70	(2)
August Almanac	72	(2)
First Month Of First Three Quarters Is The Most Bullish	74	(2)
Down Triple Witching Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After	76	(2)
Why A 50.2% Gain In The Dow Is Possible From Its 2002 Low To Its High In 2003	78	(2)
Don't-Sell-Stocks-On-Monday Mantra May Be Back	80	(2)
September Almanac	82	(2)
A Correction For All Seasons	84	(2)
Market Behavior Three Days Before And Three Days After Holidays	86	(2)
End-Of-Month Bullish Seasonality Shifting	88	(2)
October Almanac	90	(2)
First Came The Prime Five Days; Now End, Beginning, And Mid-Month Are Strongest	92	(2)
Trading Classic Chart Patterns: Best Investment Book Of The Year	94	(4)
Year's Top Investment Books	98	(4)
November Almanac	102	(2)
Be Contrary! Go Against Bullish/Bearish Fervor	104	(2)
Most Of The So-Called ``January Effect'' Takes Place In December's Last Two Weeks	106	(2)
Trading The Thanksgiving Market	108	(2)
December Almanac	110	(2)
Wall Street's Only Free Lunch Now Served In Late December	112	(2)
January Effect Starts In Mid-December	114	(2)
If Santa Claus Should Fail To Call Bears May Come To Broad And Wall	116	(2)
Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays	118	(2)
NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2003	120	(1)
Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2003	121	(1)
S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2003	122	(1)
Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2003	123	(1)
2004 Strategy Calendar	124	(2)
Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon	126	(1)
Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle The 169-Year Saga Continues	127	(1)
Bull And Bear Markets Since 1900	128	(2)
DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS & DATABANK
A Typical Day In The Market	130	(1)
Through the Week On A Half-Hourly Basis	131	(1)
Monday Reverts To Its Old Bear Market Pattern Worst Day Of Week Last Two Years	132	(1)
NASDAQ Days Of The Week	133	(1)
S&P Daily Performance Each Year Since 1952	134	(1)
NASDAQ Daily Performance Each Year Since 1971	135	(1)
Monthly Cash Inflows Into S&P Stocks	136	(1)
Monthly Cash Inflows Into NASDAQ Stocks	137	(1)
November, December,January-Year's Best Three Month Span	138	(1)
November Through June-NASDAQ's Eight-Month Run	139	(1)
Standard & Poor's 500 Monthly Percent Changes	140	(2)
Standard & Poor's 500 Monthly Closing Prices	142	(2)
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Percent Changes	144	(2)
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Point Changes	146	(2)
Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Closing Prices	148	(2)
NASDAQ Composite Monthly Percent Changes	150	(2)
NASDAQ Composite Monthly Closing Prices	152	(2)
Largest One-Day Dow Gains And Losses	154	(1)
Largest One-Day NASDAQ Gains And Losses	155	(1)
Largest Weekly Dow Gains And Losses	156	(1)
Largest Weekly NASDAQ Gains And Losses	157	(1)
Largest Monthly Dow Gains And Losses	158	(1)
Largest Monthly NASDAQ Gains And Losses	159	(1)
Largest Yearly Dow & NASDAQ Gains And Losses	160	(2)
STRATEGY PLANNING AND RECORD SECTION
Portfolio At Start Of 2003	162	(2)
Additional Purchases	164	(3)
Short-Term Transactions	167	(6)
Long-Term Transactions	173	(4)
Interest/Dividends Received During 2003/Brokerage Account Data 2003	177	(1)
Portfolio At End Of 2003	178	(2)
Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2003 (First Half)	180	(2)
Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2003 (Second Half)	182	(2)
Weekly Indicator Data 2003	184	(2)
Monthly Indicator Data 2003	186	(1)
If You Don't Profit From Your Investment Mistakes Someone Else Will/Performance Record Of Recommendations	187	(1)
IRA: Most Awesome Mass Investment Incentive Ever Devised	188	(1)
Option Trading Codes & Top Sixty-Nine Exchange Traded Funds	189	(1)
G.M. Loeb's ``Battle Plan'' For Investment Survival	190	(1)
G.M. Loeb's Investment Survival Checklist	191	(1)
Important Contacts	192